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Every bakery in the UK offers takeaway or sit down filled baguettes, some unusual combinations and some fairly standard, like cheese and pickle, ham salad, chicken salad. More and more bakeries however, are offering more ‘exotic’ filled rolls and baguettes, based on continental flavours such as salami and brie cheese, chicken with Provencale pesto, tuna nicoise with tuna, egg, anchovies, green beans and vinaigrette.

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Carrot Cake

Normally served in squares, a cinnamon and nutmeg spiced cake with walnuts, covered in frosting and decorated on the top, usually with a bright orange and green carrot figure . A very fruity tasting piece of cake, and very sweet, so you cant eat too much of it!

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Mini Doughnuts

Served in big variety bags in bakeries, department stores and doughnut stalls, these bags are a mixture of tiny doughnuts, all differently coated with icing such as vanilla, strawberry, chocolate and then covered in sweet sprinkles of chocolate or other flavours, and sometimes some finely chopped caramelized nuts. Very moreish- office workers buy bags of these to take to their desk for the afternoon!

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French Baguettes

Probably one of the biggest sellers in bakeries, French bread comes in many forms, each having their own names, although we call them collectively French bread! Baguettes are the most recognized, which tend to be long with a crusty outside, but a smaller version, known as a ‘baton’ is also very popular. ‘Ficelle’ is similar to French bread, but tends to be shorter and thinner but with a delightful texture. The French ‘sticks’ can also be served to you as a takeaway meal, with your choice of filling, and queues of office workers can be seen buying these at lunchtimes.

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Cottage Loaf

Probably one of the oldest loaves made in the UK, and not so easy to find (when bakeries have them, they are snapped up immediately). They resemble a ‘hair bun’ where hair has been scooped up on top of the head and formed into a bun. Created in England, bakeries find these time consuming to make, which is why only a few will be made daily and bought very quickly! Essentially they are two round loaves, one on top of the other but joined, with the top one being smaller than the bottom. Always crusty on the outside, they can be a little difficult to cut, but well worth the effort.

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Carrot Cake

Very popular cake made in bakeries, consisting of grated carrots, flour, brown sugar and eggs, with a hint of nutmeg or cinnamon and sometimes dried fruits such as sultanas. They are usually iced on the top and a cut out icing of a carrot with leaves will tend to decorate these slices of cake. Very sweet, you can only eat a small one of these!

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Hot Sausage Roll

Usually a queue at the hot counter, everyone loves hot sausage rolls for a mid morning snack or part of your lunch. Soft melt in the mouth pastry with well-seasoned sausage meat is a British institution. There is always a good pie and sausage roll section in bakeries, also serving hot soups to takeaway or eat in.

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Doughnuts

Always a big selection of filled doughnuts, some with jam and others with creamy custard filling or chocolate. These are the big ‘gooey’ kind, covered in sugar and with no hole in the middle! Can be round or long doughnuts, the long ones being split so you can see exactly what is in there.

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Chocolate Eclairs

Lovely creamy and gooey éclairs made with choux pastry are prevalent in bakeries, and come in a variety of sizes to suit your appetite. The cream can be double or whipped, and is sometimes a yellowy colour crème patisserie which is more like a thick custard, but delicious. Topped with rich chocolate, they can come finger shaped, or as a choux bun, round in shape and filled with cream. The French lay claim to this as a patisserie, but it is known to have been made in the UK as long ago as l6th century.

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Quiche

Most bakeries make a selection of quiches, some as a single portion one for someone to take away for lunch, and others up to 4 or 6 portions. The traditional quiche Lorraine is always present, but other varieties, some quite unusual can be found, such as smoked salmon and cream cheese, cheese and onion, cheese and chives and even some meat and cheese ones, such as bacon and brie. It all depends on the quality of the bakery and its location. Savoury pies are generally available as well as fruit pies as well.

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Hot Soup

There will always be at least one hot soup of the day available in bakeries, to catch the lunchtime traffic. Popular soups include fresh tomato and basil, carrot and coriander, vegetable and chicken and sweetcorn. Served from the counter from large soup kettles, they will be ladled into poly containers to be taken away.

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Old Fashioned Doughnuts

In the UK, the original doughnut is still popular. A round sugar covered doughnut with no hole, it is traditionally filled purely with strawberry or raspberry jam, but as time passed, more different filling have been used, such as custard, chocolate and lemon curd. Very sugary outer coating, found in bakeries, cake shops and even departments stores. Doughnuts are deep fried and then sugar coated, so the calorie count is pretty high!

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Tea

A fresh cup of good old English tea never goes amiss. Drink in or takeaway, it still tastes good! Usually a selection of teas such as Breakfast Tea (usual English tea), Earl Grey, Lemon and other varieties such as Lapsong Suchong. Bigger bakeries will serve the tea with the pot, whereas smaller ones will serve you just a cup, or a takeway container.

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Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows

A lovely warming drink, particularly for the children! Delicious hot chocolate served with whipped cream and pink and white marshmallows is often see in cake shops. A sprinkling of chocolate on the top normally completes the drink.

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Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate is popular in bakeries, either to drink in if they have a seating area, or to takeaway in poly cups. Rich, chocolately and hot, when you can make your way through the whipped cream on the top. For children (or the children in us adults!) they can be topped with mini marshmallows or chocolate buttons and sprinkles.